PHH: Baby Boom II: Brokaw's Revenge

Ladies and Gentlemen! I have given this a lot of thought, and I have finally figured out what plan this administration has for pulling us out of the Greatest Great Depression Part 2 ever. And it has nothing to do with lying about climate change or socialism or any of the other campaign promises! Think about it...what pulled us out of the New Deal-created Great Depression Version 1.0 that FDR started by passing Social Security? The non-Texas textbooks out there may have you thinking it was the second War to End All Wars, but NO. That was merely an excuse to be able to send all of our young men at peak libido years off thousands and thousands of miles away to get their baby-makers (did I use that right?) all primed and ready for a great sexy-time baby explosion upon their return. This was a REAL "stimulus plan" that created a Kaboom of some sort.  A BABY KABOOM.  All those exploded babies stimulated our economy so much that the 1950s happened and we now have our suburbs and highway system and Happy Days reruns.  Brilliant.

So now, President Obama and his wide-eyed sidekick Nancy Pelosi saw that this was the best way to get their precious jobs, jobs, jobs. Make babies. NOT WITH EACH OTHER PEOPLE, GROSS. And not the usual way either. 9 months is just too long for this to happen, as the mid-term elections are simply too close, and forcing people into pillow-lined sex camps would have probably made the main-stream media take notice. So they had the greatest scientists in the land, the political scientists, come up with a plan to make babies some other way. And that way is to turn grown adults back into babies!

And the plan has worked to perfection. We now have the largest population of adult crybabies on the planet. By simply passing a moderately structured health-care reform law, one that was similar to what Nixon (NIXON!) proposed, or what Mittens Romney installed in the Commonwealth of Scott Brown (or one that would have happened with any good-faith negotiations to begin with), the Dems have turned a good portion of this country into diaper-wearing infants.  The Republicans are holding their breath in Congress, saying "no" to anything and everything, and kicking and screaming all because of some simple legislative procedure. Yes, a large portion of our legislative branch are literally 2 year-olds. Literally. Even after Harry Reid cuts up their banana into small pieces, they just throw it on the floor and pout. C'mon, Eric Cantor...eat your health care. It's good for you!

And the temper-tantrums don't stop there: we have the tea party, attended by lots of babies, who like playing with dollies and drink imaginary tea. It is full of unemployed people who lost their health care when they lost their jobs so OBVIOUSLY they are mad as hell that the government is shoving affordable health care formula down their throats, the tyranny of it all.  Also, they follow some shrieking banshee idiot around and throw bricks in windows, and racism. This is what the FOUNDING FATHERS did when they got laid off from silver-smithing or whatever.

So now that we, the adults, are the babysitters of this great nursery, let's gather, during nap time, to celebrate that our beautiful bouncing babies finally are sleeping through the night, and plan what the exploding industry of day care will do to our new, flourishing economy.  Progressive Happy Hour, tonight around 9:30.  Adult beverages and tasty taters will be served up at Red Rock Playground and Kenny's Gymboree. 369 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT.


--Benjamin Spock

Free Hartford: March 29 - April 1, 2010

"Free Art Sign" by Flickr user My Dog Sighs

Anne Cubberly lets us know that "Hartford is still Free !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Be green ...... Buy Local

Help our local arts community keep things free by supporting some or all of these events!

TUESDAY, MARCH 30

Broad St. Gallery: 1238 Broad St.
Exhibition: See gifted print maker and social justice crusader Favianna
Rodriguez's prints and posters.
12 - 4 pm, Tues - Fri. through April 6

Hartford Art School : 200 Bloomfield Ave
Exhibition: Work by Kevjn Kelly, Mike Maleszyk, Danielle Payne,
Jason Aicardi, Kevin DiSanto, Kate Szalay, Tim Lawless though April 6
Opening Reception: 3-5 pm in Media Box 1

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31

Trinity College: 300 Summit St. www.trincoll.edu
Reading: Author Joan Wickersham will read followed by a book
signing and reception.
4:30 pm Reese Room at Smith House


Hartford Public Library: 500 Main St. www.hplct.org
FAMILY BOOK DISCUSSION: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part I
Read the first half of Mark Twain’s classic story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
and discuss it with other families. Ages 8 and up, with an adult friend.
5:00 pm

City Hall: 550 Main St.
Dialogue: On sustainable education in a global society "Successful
Students Read for the 21st Century". In the Council Chambers
5:30 - 7:30 pm

Trinity College: 300 Summit St. www.trincoll.edu
Film: Free screening of CHE, USA 2008
In the Life Sciences Auditorium
7 pm

THURSDAY, APRIL 1

The Studio at Billings Forge : 563 Broad St. www.hartfordfarmersmarket.org
The Farmer's Market has moved indoors to the Studio
3:30 - 6 pm

Mark Twain Museum & Harriet Beecher Stowe Center www.marktwainhouse.org
Nook Farm Book Club:Promised Land: 13 Books That Changed America by Jay
Parini. meet at the Twain House. Please RSVP 860-522-9258 X 317
5 - 6:30 pm

Charter Oak Cultural Center: 21 Charter Oak Ave www.charteroakcenter.org
Exhibition: Origami Express featuring works by Ralph Steadman. Kurt
Vonnegut and Joe Petro.
Opening Reception: 5: 30 pm Trhough April 23

La Paloma Sabanera: 405 Capitol Ave www.lapalomacoffeehouse.com
Meet and Greet Gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont
6 pm

Barca: 1429 Park St. (Bartholomew entrance)
Happy Hour Jazz Jam with David Gonzalez & the Latin Jazz Experience
6 -8 pm

The Russell: 103 Pratt St. 860-727-4014
Music: R & B Sensation Timmy Maia, Live !
8 - 11 pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 3

HARTFORD CITY BALLET: 2074 Park Street, rear www.hartfordcityballet.org
Open House !
10 - 5 pm

The Warehouse: 45 Bartholomew Ave
SWAN Day CT. " Not your mama's art/music show
"Celebrating Ct. Women Artists"
7 pm

For More Free Events go to www.letsgoarts.org and look under
"Fill your Social Calendar". The Greater Hartford Arts Council has put together
this great resource to find events. You can even do a "FREE" search !


OPPORTUNITY..........................................

HARTFORD CITY BALLET: 2074 Park Street, rear www.hartfordcityballet.org
Scholarship placement classes every last Sunday of every month.....or come in
and sign up your child any day. Does your child go to a HTFD public school? Ask
about scholarship based performing arts education today.
Contact Dartanion Reed 860-899-1399, Dartanion@hartfordcityballet.org


CALL TO ARTISTS...........................................

HARTFORD CITY BALLET is looking for teaching artists of all disciplines.
Contact Dartanion Reed 860-899-1399, Dartanion@hartfordcityballet.org

La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House is looking for artists interested in displaying their
work. Contact Virginia Iacobucci 956-5003, viaobucci@snet.net

VOLUNTEERING.............................................

Food Not Bombs: invites people interested in volunteering to learn
more and enjoy a delicious meal every Sunday at 3 pm in Bushnell
Park by the Carousel.

Foodshare: Volunteer for Foodshare at Hartford Regional Market on Tuesdays,
Fridays or Saturdays. Contact John or Krista @ 860-286-9999

Hands On Hartford: 330 Main St. www.handsonhartford.org
Volunteer ! check out their website and see all the ways you can connect
with your community.

Hartford Stage: 50 Church St. www.hartfordstage.org
Ushers see the shows for free !

ONGOING........................................................

Hartford Public Library: 500 Main St. www.hplct.org
ArtWALK Gallery: Exhibition: Dawn Holder, The Idea of this Perfect
Edenic Place. A site specific installation which will change, through April 16.

Trinity College: 300 Summit St. www.trincoll.edu
Watkinson Library Exhibition to Highlight 40 Years of
Coeducation at Trinity.
Through June 2010

City Hall: 550 Main St.
Exhibition: The Immigrant Experience: Mural By Mexican Artist
Carlos Hernandez Chavez
Main Atrium

Sully's Pub: 2071 Park St. www.sullyspub.com
Sundays, Electric Open Mic, 9 pm
Mondays, Acoustic Open Mic, 9 pm
Tuesdays, Sully's Allstars with Peter Schieps, 9 pm
Wednesdays, Karaoke with Tastefull Productions, 9 pm

Firebox: 539 Broad St. www.fireboxrestaurant.com
Sundays, Blue Grass from 5-8 pm
Wednesdays, Jazz from 6-9 pm

Black Eyed Sally's: 350 Asylum St. www.hartfordjazzjam.com
Mondays, Hartford Jazz Society Jam, 8 -11 pm

Mckinnon's Irish Pub : 114 Asylum St. www.mckinnonsirishpub.com
Irish Session with PV O'Donnell
7:30 - 10 pm

La Casona Restaurant: 681 Wethersfield Ave www.latinmusictonight.com
Thursdays, Latin Music Open Mic hosted by Carlos Hernandez Chavez
and Jay Burgos, 6-9 pm

Spiritus: 220 Asylum St. www.spiritus.com
Wine Tasting, Thursdays from 4:30- 7 pm & Saturdays from 1- 4 pm


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Cheerfully, Anne

annecubberly.com